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  • Volkswagen's Secret

    07/23/2025 4:28:24 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 30 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | July 23, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDT | Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias
    History forgot the horrors endured by laborers on the automaker’s massive cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon. But a priest had recorded it all. SANTANA DO ARAGUAIA, Brazil When Ricardo Rezende Figueira saw the headline, he felt a chill run through him. It was about Volkswagen. The company said it was finally ready to atone for its past. After admitting that its staff had cooperated with Brazil’s military dictatorship to target workers for political persecution, the automaker had begun to negotiate reparations. Rezende read to the bottom of the article, then sat for a moment, quiet. The story didn’t say...